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RoseyQ Pueblo West, CO(Zone 5b) Feb 23, 2008

I was at a food pantry today and they had carrots the size of large cucumbers. Nobody working there knew where they had come from. I'd never seen anything like it before and was wondering if anyone else has seen or grown this type of carrot.

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Feb 23, 2008

No experience with them, but ther are several vendors who specialize in giant vegetables. This is one of them. http://www.recordholders.org/en/records/vegetables2.html

Another http://www.seedman.com/giant.htm. This one touts a special strain of Flakkee

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Dean_W Central Texas, TX(Zone 8b) Feb 24, 2008

RoseyQ,

Do you plan on growing some?

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RoseyQ Pueblo West, CO(Zone 5b) Feb 24, 2008

Thanks for the website. I found what seems to be the carrot. It is named the South American Flakkee Carrot - "as big as an ear of sweet corn" is how it is described and that's exactly how they looked to me.

One of the ladies working at the pantry said they were good in soups so if I can get the seeds, I'll give it a try and grow some.

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BronxBoy Lawrenceville, GA(Zone 7b) Feb 27, 2008

Well this one was pretty big but I don't think it was a giant breed or anything.

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paracelsus Elmira, NY(Zone 6a) Feb 28, 2008

That thing is scary, BB.

I was just reading about carrot varieties that have been used for feed in Europe. They can get quite big and supposedly make good soup. I decided to try one this year--Jaune du Doubs. It's yellow and is supposed to be good eating if you harvest them before they get too big. What is too big is the question.

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tucsonjill Lincoln, NE(Zone 5a) Feb 28, 2008

Bigger than a breadbox? :)

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Gymgirl SE Houston (Hobby), TX(Zone 9a) Feb 29, 2008

Famerdill,
I sent you a d-mail...

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randbponder Hornick, IA(Zone 4b) Mar 05, 2008

The attack of the carrotts. - - - -Here bunnie here bunnieLOL

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BronxBoy Lawrenceville, GA(Zone 7b) Mar 05, 2008

I have no idea what this one is

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Indy Alexandria, IN(Zone 6a) Mar 05, 2008

A GMO elephant?

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paracelsus Elmira, NY(Zone 6a) Mar 06, 2008

It's the spaceship from War of the Worlds! Or maybe it was The Thing From Another World. Remember when they compared James Arness, the monster, to a giant carrot?

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BronxBoy Lawrenceville, GA(Zone 7b) Mar 06, 2008

Whatever it looked like, it tasted good! :-)

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Mar 06, 2008

Have you been transplanting carrots BB, you get shapes like this when the taproot is broken early.

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Gymgirl SE Houston (Hobby), TX(Zone 9a) Mar 06, 2008

That's the famous stool-footed elephant carrot.

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BronxBoy Lawrenceville, GA(Zone 7b) Mar 06, 2008

No Farmerdill:

But I don't think I thinned properly.

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